The development challenges in Africa are just one example of how tough societal problems can be addressed by the design and spread of improved technologies.

b. Cross sectoral issues, including contribution to the societal agenda

Societal issues found included violence against women, human trafficking, and child labour.

In addition to these, there also exists a societal reverence for motherhood.

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Indeed, abuses such as this one are common on both societal and governmental levels.

Society will be exposed to putrid legislation and that will affect the societal equilibrium .

The report claimed that the disadvantages women faced resulted purely from societal beliefs and attitudes.

People, who change their religion from Islam to another, are subject to societal and official pressure.

Societal attitudes already disadvantage women on the one hand and people with disabilities on the other.

Women continue to be excluded in extreme and significant ways from basic rights and societal benefits.

The exclusion of women from all levels of societal decision making is linked to their disempowerment.

The issue of changing societal attitudes towards women will be an integral component of this project.

Today, by adhering to those very values, Bangladesh itself is undergoing a quiet but significant societal transformation.

Bearing in mind that volunteering is one of the important ways in which people participate in societal development,

Trading against others is regarded as an inherently selfish pursuit, even if it might have indirect societal benefits.

The societal impacts relate notably to human migration and economic refugees, leading to deepening poverty and political instability.

It was stressed that expressions like situations of destabilizing civil unrest or societal breakdown would themselves require definition.

As societal structures and common norms of behaviour gradually break down, the vulnerability of the population increases sharply.

A woman's value is less than that of a man and her inferiority is embedded in societal structures.

There are however societal attitudes, which sometimes hinder women's access to healthcare in some remote and underdeveloped areas.

This depression is probably inevitable. But, on a societal scale, it is eventually overcome, as new generations grow up.

So there is a structural failure in coping with complex private activities that risk leading to large societal damage.

The technologies of the Internet were thought to fragment societal forces rather than unite them in a common cause.

Taxes on speculative activity might encourage banks to focus greater attention on performing their key societal role of providing credit.

In a different spectrum of societal norms the Goals 2 and 6 are being threatened by an age old privilege.

Conversely, some disasters have been instrumental in aggravating societal tensions, as was the case in Nicaragua after the 1972 earthquake.

Achieving the health and nutrition related Millennium Development Goals requires political, institutional and societal solutions as well as technical ones.

It had also focused on raising public awareness of the terrorist threat and on strengthening societal harmony and national resilience.

Their governments would fight hard to protect these companies from being required to pay for the societal risks that they represent.

The flipside of this is that constantly being told that you are gifted, chosen and born to rule has distinct societal downsides.

On a societal level, genetic engineering that only the wealthy can afford would threaten social cohesion by ruling out equality of opportunity.

Of course, there is no guarantee that domestic policies accurately reflect societal demands even democracies are frequently taken hostage by special interests.

The social model of disability defines the societal values that actually disable people through imposed measures which prevent involvement in public life.

The novel explores common fin de siecle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.

Women are prohibited from essential forms of societal participation while they are the most vulnerable to social stress, deprivation, poverty and violence.

But yes, it's also true that the Internet has problems, very serious problems, problems with security and problems with privacy.

Recognizing that domestic violence against women is, inter alia, a societal problem and a manifestation of unequal power relations between women and men,

Unfettered markets may produce big bonuses for CEO s, but they do not lead, as if by an invisible hand, to societal well being.

Without an overhaul of the entire judicial system, any government measures or societal pressure are not going to make much of a difference.

The main reason for child marriage in Bangladesh is societal pressure. The parents deem girls as liabilities, so many do not receive proper education.

UNICEF will also strengthen its support of the appropriate role of children and young people themselves as partners and participants in societal decision making.

The social and societal upheaval known as the Roaring Twenties began in North America and spread to Europe in the aftermath of World War I.

Therefore, references to matters that fell within the domestic jurisdiction of States, such as situations of destabilizing civil unrest and societal breakdown, should be avoided.

Turkey s neighborhood is our neighborhood its problems are our problems.